Question

How can you use the fraction in the first column to

write the equivalent decimal in the second column?

Answer 1

Answer: Create a lookup from the unusable fraction format to one that you can use in excel:

First column in the lookup should be the fraction in unusable format

Second column should be the fractions in a usable format, first format the cells in second column > Format Cells menu > Number tab > Category as Fraction > Type "Up to one digit (1/4)"

Manually in the corresponding cells the equivalent values (for example, below in cell H2 write 5/8)

Explanation:

Answer 2

Explanation:

Firstly you should times the first decimal of the column by the number that is the numerator. So the second column the numerator is 2 so you times the first number by 2 which gives you 0.10. You do this for every column then you get you answer.